Finally my homemade batswarm is taking shape.I have looked on the internet to buy a batswarm butnot found anything that I wanted.I have printed and laminated bats and finally mountedthem on a stand made out of plastic that I have cutmyself. The base will also be fitted with sand andstones and other stuff to get the right feeling.The idea is to use these batswarms on the battlefieldwhen I play with my Vampire count-army inWarhammer fantasy battle.

I played the interessting boardgame of Courtier with my friends:Tunte, Laban and Hakan. The goal of the game was to solve missions before the queen lost the throne. To solve the missonyou had to gain influence in various groups. The groups couldbe: the senate, the military, the atheneum etc.If you succeded in your mission you gained victorypoints andproceeded with new ones. For each solved mission it difficulty-level raised.The game was beautiful designed and great fun to play. I am really looking forward to play this again.

I have bought a whole bunch of bits containing partsto build skeleton-warriors. I bought them on secondhand and now I have built 10 complete skeleton-warriors. The shields will be attached after the figureitself is painted. I really like skeleton-warriors even-though they are not the best choice on the battlefield.After this I have more bits to build and fighting together, the troops will be more powerful. I can recommend the movies of Ray Harryhausen forsome skeleton-warrior inspiration. The director wasone of the first to animate skeleton-warriors on thescreen and it is great fun to watch.

Last week I played some Warhammer fantasy battle play withmy friend Jonas. We agreed on 1400 points each but it issafe to say that the cavalry of High elves is a very toughopponent if you play with a force of the Vampire count.Eventhough I had 2 vampire counts(L2) and magic, thehorses were to fast and soon the match was decided.Jonas started the game sending spells and hitting from the flanksand from behind. After quick hits on my forces hewithdrew fast to a safe location out of reach.It was still fun to play and I am looking forward to a newmatch! :)
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The cavalry of High elves

The gaming table

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The battleformation of the High elves

The battleformation of the VC and troopchoices

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The battlefield-overview

The battlefield with all the tactical moves

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The VC-player (only two hours after
giving blood at the local hospital).

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The highelves on the eve of battle giving blows to
the VC from both the flanks and from behind.

Last week I played against Peder and with Erik as an rulemaster.We played the game: Lord of the rings. The intrigue and goal wereboth very simple and we played to master and learn the gameitself. The ringwraiths was send to take the mountain and killBilbo and the "good guys" were trying to prevent them from doing so. After three rounds Aragon entered the scene andI won a big victory. The game was simple but I think thatAragon was to powerful to give my opponent a fair chance.

On the gaming table we played a hectic but fun match.On the first round I commanded my wraiths to charge the center ofHåkans force but they did only little damage. On the next turn Icharged on the right flank with my Hex wraiths and they weresuccessful and in the meantime my batswarms and dire wolvesstarted to encircle on the left flank.Håkan then moved forward with both his light and heavy cavalrytowards my centre.To halt this advance I pushed to occupy the tower with my skeletonsand my necromantic priest and used my zombies and ghouls asa massive moving fighting-wall.My spells rose my fallen fighters(zombies and ghouls) and the advance of Håkan was slowed down. The advance of the cavalry of Håkan vanished in to thin air whenhis cavalry died in rough terrain. When the main force of the cavalrywas no threat my Batswarms and Dire wolves started to pound onthe bowmen and gave them hell. :)In the centre, the soldiers of the Empire paniced and turned their backon the battle-field. My ghouls was unfourtunately too slow to cutthe fleeing soldiers down on their run and the game was over.Håkan won a tactical victory and it was really fun to play and itwas also pretty even or once.

On the last day of august this year me and my friend Håkanplayed my best game-match of Warhammer fantasy battleever. I played the Vampire counts and he The Bretonnians.My tactics worked and it was also great fun to play.Next time maybe I will conquer...!? :)

We agreed to play with a setup of 1600 points.My force looked like this: